Got to work safely, through no virtue of my own. Don't know what was wrong with me, but my mind seems to have been distracted by heaven only knows what.

I found myself speeding in a notorious place for a speed trap (it has intersection cameras for running a red light, too).

I did nearly run a red light--with the streets completely empty at the early morning hour, I guess it seemed like the thing to do.

Then I made a left turn at a major intersection, startling a pedestrian who had decided to make a last-minute decision to cross the street, but was still with the light. Startled me, too.

Speeding at 35 mph through a construction zone was rewarded by a major thump on the tires as it switched from graded to paved. If I'd been doing the legal 25, I'd hardly have felt it.

By the time I got to work I was fully awake and had figured out that I was distracted by my neighbor's antics at 3 a.m. B asked him very nicely to be quiet and close his window and he did--but by that time I was wide awake and had trouble going back to sleep.

Going to work short on sleep. Not a good idea.